SDG Business Forum 2020
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23 September 2020 

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High-Level Speakers

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H.E. Gaston Browne
Prime Minister
​Antigua and Barbuda
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H.E. António Guterres
Secretary-General
​United Nations
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H.E. Evelyn Wever-Croes
Prime Minister
Aruba
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H.E. Rania Al-Mashat
Minister of International Cooperation, Egypt
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H.E. Amina J. Mohammed
Deputy Secretary-General United Nations
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H.E. Urmas Reinsalu
Minister of Foreign Affairs Estonia
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H.E. Franck Riester
Minister of Foreign Trade and Economic Attractiveness, France
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Jutta Urpilainen
Commissioner for International Partnerships
European Union

Redefining Business Leadership in a COVID-19 World

​This year — five years after the adoption of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and the start of the Decade of Action and Delivery of the SDGs — has presented a new set of unforeseen challenges. The social and economic cost of the pandemic have been exacerbated in many countries by environmental stressors and social unrest.
 
As companies struggle to maintain their footing in a COVID-19 world, some commentators have suggested the outlook for the global economy may have a chilling effecting on the adoption of sustainable business practices.
 
But, to the contrary, a new form of leader has emerged in this crisis – a generation of executives and rising professionals who understand that there are no successful businesses in a failed world. In this context, the private sector – in partnership with governments and civil society leaders – is  leveraging the framework of the Sustainable Development Goals to respond to immediate threats in their communities, prepare for long term sustainability, and remedy the three critical fragilities which have been exposed by events of 2020: climate change and nature loss; social inequality; and economic exclusion.
 
The 2020 SDG Business Forum, held virtually on the margins of the 75th UN General Assembly, the 2020 Biodiversity Summit and the Beijing +25 Conference, is a platform for all stakeholders to come together for meaningful dialogue on the role of the private sector in addressing the current economic landscape and to co-create lasting solutions for a more sustainable future.
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Featured Speakers

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Henrietta Fore
Executive Director
UNICEF
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Achim Steiner
Administrator
UNDP
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Pamela Coke Hamilton
Incoming Executive Director, ITC
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Paul Polman
Vice Chair, ​​UN Global Compact
Honorary Chair, ICC
Founder, Imagine
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Ajay Banga
Chair, International Chamber of Commerce (ICC)
​Chief Executive Officer, Mastercard
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Maria Fernanda Garza
First Vice Chair
ICC
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Sharan Burrow
General Secretary
ITUC
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Takeshi Niinami
Chief Executive Officer
​Suntory
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Kerry Adler
Chief Executive Officer
​SkyPower
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Ester Baiget
Chief Executive Officer
​Novozymes
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Jesper Brodin
Chief Executive Officer
​Ikea
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Jessica Cheam
Managing Director
​Eco-Business
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Veronica de la Cerda
Chief Executive Officer
​Triciclos
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Emmanuel Faber
Chief Executive Officer
​Danone
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Italo Freitas
Chief Executive Officer
​AES Tiete
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Christa Gyori
Chief Executive Officer
​Leaders on Purpose
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James Mwangi
Chief Executive Officer
​Equity Group Holdings
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Oscar Oyema
Chief Executive Officer
Nigerian Stock Exchange
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Jean-Pascal Tricoire
Chief Executive Officer
​Schneider Electric
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Stephanie von Friedeburg
Chief Operating Officer
​IFC
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Maggie Lake
Master of Ceremonies
​Business Correspondent

About the Business Forum

As the largest and most globally representative UN convening of business leaders, the SDG Business Forum – co-hosted by the UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UN DESA), the UN Global Compact and the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) – highlights companies that are using their influence as a positive agent of change in their local communities and across the world.
 
Coinciding with the start of the UN’s Decade of Action and Delivery on the UN Sustainable Development Goals, the fifth anniversary of the SDG Business Forum will be held virtually on
​ 23 September 2020.

Past SDG Business Forums have fostered public-private dialogues, catalysed new partnerships and alliances, and explored innovative business solutions to accelerate sustainable development.
 
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Hosted By

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John W.H. Denton AO
Secretary-General, International Chamber of Commerce (ICC)
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Liu Zhenmin
Under-Secretary-General, UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs
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Sanda Ojiambo
Chief Executive Officer and Executive Director,
​UN Global Compact
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In Partnership With

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Partner Representatives

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Itai Manyere
President
​JCI
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Damilola Ogunbiyi
Co-Chair
​UN Energy
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Halla Tómasdóttir ​
​Chief Executive Officer
​The B-Team
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Roberto Suarez Santos
Secretary-General
IOE
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Eva Zabey
Executive Director
​Business for Nature

Breakout Speakers and Moderators

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Francisco Abad Guerra
Executive Director
​CODEIS
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Dona Bertarelli
Special Advisor
​UNCTAD
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Silvia Dias Lagnado
Sustainable Growth Officer Natura & Co.
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Dewi Dylander
Deputy Executive Director
​PKA
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Fran Katsoudas
Chief People Officer
​Cisco
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Chebet Lesan
Chief Executive Officer
BrightGreen Energy
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George Nakayama
Chairman
​Daiichi Sankyo
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Jane Nelson
Corporate Responsibility
Harvard Kennedy School
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Hiro Mizuno
Independent Director
​Tesla
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Danny Sriskandarajah​
​President, Great Britain
Oxfam
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Chloe Targett-Adams
Global Director
​Formula 1
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Gail Tifford
Chief Brand Officer
Weight Watchers
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Highlights from Business Forum


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